. The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary and Greek lexicon; forming a glossary of all the words representing visible objects connected with the arts, manufactures, and every-day life of the Greeks and Romans, with representations of nearly two thousand objects from the antique. in the diagramannexed, from the marble plan ofRome, where the opening in the cen-tre and the outward shelve of the roofis very cleverly expressed. 5. Atrium testudinatum. The tes-tudinated or covered atrium, whichhad no compluvium, thewhole apartment beingentirely covered overby a roof of the kindtermed testu
. The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary and Greek lexicon; forming a glossary of all the words representing visible objects connected with the arts, manufactures, and every-day life of the Greeks and Romans, with representations of nearly two thousand objects from the antique. in the diagramannexed, from the marble plan ofRome, where the opening in the cen-tre and the outward shelve of the roofis very cleverly expressed. 5. Atrium testudinatum. The tes-tudinated or covered atrium, whichhad no compluvium, thewhole apartment beingentirely covered overby a roof of the kindtermed testudo ( 1.), which is alsocleverly expressed bythe artist who executedthe marble plan ofRome, from which the illustration isselected. It is probable that anatrium of this description consisted oftwo stories, and that it received itslight from windows in the upper also Cavaedium. ATTEGIA. A Moorish hut orwigwam made of reeds and Sat. xiv. 196. AUCEPS (i^evriis, bpviBevriis). Ina general sense, a fowler or anyperson who amuses himself with thesport of snaring, netting, and killingbirds; but in a more special sense,a slave belonging to the familiarustica, something like our game-keeper, whose employment consistedin taking and selling game for the profit. of his owner; the principal sources ofincome on some estatesbeing derived from the #rproduce of the woodsand fisheries. (Ov. A. / Trin. ii. 4. 7. Pignorius (aII^ Am. 669.
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